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Blu-Barred

I will be SO happy when Blu-Ray becomes ubiquitous enough that they stop putting garish blue banners and "high def" over everything. Gah!

Oh wait! Or they could find SOMETHING THAT LOOKS DECENT!

Hit And Run

Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder crashed his truck last night and left it on the side of the road, catching a ride home without reporting the accident. Folks were apparently wondering why he abandoned it, leaving a gun inside.

Have they not seen The Godfather?

The Ongoing Discussion

Sorta of like "Who would play which X-Men?" before they made an X-Men movie.

Link

Unveiled

I figured out what "Cloverfield" really means. It's Norwegian. Click for bigness.

Daddy's Gonna Kill Ralphie!

Here's a nice little office perk: an employee screening of "The Christmas Story" at the AMC in CityWalk tonight! Laura and I have never seen this movie on the big screen, so it'll be a treat.

Big Budgetish

If when you think "epic fantasy movie" you think of Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, and Burt Reynolds... well you're in luck! They made a movie for you, and it's called "In The Name Of The King". And it looks... bad.

Bring On The Wulf

I'm stoked that Beowulf is being made into a movie. Mainly because then the book will now make sense to me. Ninth grade wasn't a particularly good year for me in English. Our teacher liked to refer to herself in third person and... well, just not good.

I have to admit, I was about halfway through the trailer--thinking it was very stylized and all 300-y--before I went, "Oh! It's all CG!". Nicely done.

All Things Potter

During our creative team staff meeting this morning, our manager was sharing information we got from Warner Bros. at a big "brand assurance" meeting held earlier in the week. Since we start laying the ground work for the launch of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter now, they want to make sure we're on the same page. A pretty pro-active move. I dig it.

One of the items shared was some target audience and affinity numbers. The conversation when something like this:

Manager 1: Ages 18-34 are the biggest Harry Potter fans.
Manager 2: Losers!

Needless to say, the four of us in the room (of 8 people) who have read the books and seen the movies all had a good laugh about it afterwards.

But just now I read about a group of students at Bucknell University (my mom's alma mater, no less) who are trying to play Quidditch.

Interesting side note: After 34, Potter fandom drops off--until a sharp spike in 50-54. Small sample size? Strange fending-off-senior-citizenry reading habits? Who knows.

Wizard Rock

As you get ready for July to become The Month of Potter, make sure you stock up on the proper music. Namely, the musical stylings of Harry and the Potters.

Free singles here. CDs and records (yes, vinyl) at the link above. Also on iTunes.

Highlights include "Save Ginny Weasley" (mainly for the line "are you petrified of being petrified?") and "This Book Is So Awesome".

I haven't listened to the companion band, Draco and the Malfoys, but I'm sure they're haughty, pretentious, and have a bad bleach job.

Decisions, Decisions

How, exactly, should I leave this movie theater? Apparently you just push. Somewhere. Anywhere. EVERYWHERE!

Taken at The Falls after Oceans 13.